And be gracious to you
Today we continue sharing lyrics from one of our songs called "The Blessing," from our second EP titled If My People...
We have our own musical arrangement of the Aaronic blessing in Numbers 6:24-26. For the next few days, we continue to break down the blessing phrase by phrase. In order to bring it to life, we will refer to the Hebrew aspects of the blessing.
The Hebrew word for grace is "hanan." It means "a heartfelt response by someone who has something to give to those in need." The giver of the gift is God, and we are the receivers in need of His gift. His gift is not given because of anything that we have earned or negotiated for, but purely out of His generous mercy. It is His unmerited and unlimited love for us who are called his children. God willingly favors us with his love, mercy, grace, presence, and other blessings entirely because he chooses to pour his mercy upon us!
None of us deserves God’s favor, or to be called His children, and yet He loves us and cares for us so much that He wants us to live forever with Him. When God is gracious to us, He’s showing us unmerited favor. Our response is to receive it with gladness and gratefulness.
Open the gift of His grace to you today.
Scriptures:
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Let us have confidence, then, and approach God’s throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it. (Hebrews 4:16)
Prayer:
Lord, Your grace is amazing. What a wonderful gift You have given to us. We are forever grateful for the undeserved favor that you have bestowed upon us to be called Your children. Amen.